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Development of Social Stigma Scale in Indian Context
Stigma is a strong negative perception of other person or other group, about their physical as well as social characteristics. The stigmatized groups...
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The influence of Negative Social Identity Management Strategies and Self-esteem on Perceived Stigma of Poverty
The main subject of the research is the relationship between perceived stigma and negative social identity management strategies (as described in Socia...
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Social network stigma of seeking help: influences on psychological distress and flourishing and the role of psychological flexibility
It is important that mental health research supports and addresses the needs of ethnically and racially minoritized students. Specifically,...
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An integrated understanding of the mechanisms linking social stigma to mental health among marginalized populations
This Perspective presents a model that integrates mechanisms that explain the association between stigma and mental health that are shared across...
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Perceptions of Economic Status and Social Stigma among Beggars: Implications for Health
In India, extreme economic inequalities with a sizeable population below the poverty line are the harsh realities forcing a section to beg for their...
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Perceptions of stigma of children with epilepsy and their parents and its effects on social life
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, one of the essential psychosocial problems of which is stigma, and affects people’s daily social lives in...
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The Association Between Social Stigma, Career Barrier, and Depressive Symptoms Among Out-of-School Korean Adolescents Based on a National Sample
This study aimed to verify the relationship between parental abuse, ego-resilience, social stigma, career barriers, and depressive symptoms among...
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Adverse childhood experiences, sexual minority stigma, social support and depressive symptoms among Chinese men who have sex with men: A moderated mediation modelling analysis
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk of depression. This study explores the mediation mechanism between ACEs, sexual minority stigma and...
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Weight stigma is associated with body mass index among college students in Taiwan: the mediated role of internalized weight stigma
BackgroundWeight stigma is an issue often studied in Western countries; however, such information is scarce in Asian studies.
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“Just the Stigma Associated with PrEP Makes You Feel Like It's HIV Itself”: Exploring PrEP Stigma, Skepticism, and Medical Mistrust Among Black Cisgender Women in Urban and Rural Counties in the U.S. Deep South
Despite its effectiveness in HIV prevention, PrEP use among Black women is suboptimal. Notably in the Deep South, Black women have the lowest PrEP...
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Family Stigma and Community Participation of Arab Children and Youth with Disabilities
Participation of children and youth (hereinafter, children) with disabilities is a core value of all-inclusive societies, but significant barriers,...
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Sexual Stigma and Mental Health of LGB Older Adults: A Systematic Sco** Review
IntroductionStudies that examine the mental health of gay, lesbian, and bisexual (LGB) older adults have increased significantly over the last two...
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Mental Health, Discourse and Stigma
In this editorial to the special collection “Mental Health, Discourse and Stigma” we outline the concepts of mental, health, discourse and stigma as...
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Predicting Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Public Safety Officers: Implications of Sleep Disturbance, Emotional Support, and Stigma
The present work explored the independent and joint consequences of multiple factors that prior work indicated were central to suicide risk among a...
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Stigma: How People Feel
Stigma, an issue that is central to the lives of people who have schizophrenia and their family members, is the subject of this chapter, which shows...
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Hiding Health Problems: Culture and Stigma
This chapter identifies key health issues around which there is stigma including HIV, cancer, disability, mental health, and dementia. It presents a...
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People with HIV/AIDS: Stigma, Self-Esteem and Psychological Health
The major objectives of the present study were (a) to explore the perception of stigma associated with HIV/AIDS among people living with HIV/AIDS...
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Stigma of mental illness among health professions and non-health professions students in China
It is still unclear about the differences of stigma of mental illness and its influencing factors between health profession (HP) and non-health...